Spendthrift Farm's freshman sire Liaison, the grade 1-winning son of Indian Charlie, had his first winner June 18 when Vicente's Shadow overcame a troubled start and rallied in the stretch to win a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight by one length at Emerald Downs.

Freshman sire Rattlesnake Bridge's first winner appropriately appeared on the eve of the Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), where he arguably earned—almost to the day—his highest achievement as a racehorse.

Greg Justice's Justice Farm bred the gray/roan filly in Ohio out of the Is It True mare Corner Girl, a half sister to black-type stakes winners Kathleen L (Pine Bluff) and Timeaday (Birdbirdistheword). Pure Justice is Corner Girl's second foal, but first to race.

Ward Keeps It Rolling at Keeneland With Mucho Macho Man’s First Winner

4th-KEE, $59,949, Msw, 4-26, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :52.00, ft.MUCHO AMOR (f, 2, Mucho Macho Man–Raucous Lady {SP}, by Rock Hard Ten) showed speed and plenty of grit down the lane to hold on for the victory, the ninth straight in a Keeneland baby race for trainer Wesley Ward and the first overall for her sire. Showing a trio of modest local works, capped by a half-mile in :49 flat (31/77) Apr. 21, the $280,000 OBS March buy broke well from her inside stall and showed the way past a :22.66 quarter. Challenged by sneakily-bet Ben Colebrook firster Blame the Frog (Blame) at the furlong grounds, Mucho Amor dug in resolutely to stave that one off by a neck on the wire. The winner’s dam dropped a filly by Sky Mesa last term before visiting Street Boss. Sales History: $135,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Ten Broeck Farm, Inc.; B-Ed Few (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward.

She looked good...although I guess I wouldn't have picked a Mucho Macho Man/Rock Hard Ten cross to provide such a precocious little runner.
Both those stallions are BIG, and did their best running at longer distances.

As his late sire Scat Daddy is in the headlines with four chances in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1), led by Justify and Mendelssohn, No Nay Never opened his account as a freshman sire Thursday at Belmont Park. Fittingly, the two-year-old filly who did the honors, Mae Never No, is an Ice Wine Stable homebred trained by Wesley Ward.